Expotel and Taxibank form strategic alliance to deliver a national taxi booking service

29th October 2007

Above: (left) Ian Burnley, CEO of Expotel & (right) Simon Hirst, Managing director of Taxibank

Expotel, one of the UK's the leading independent hotel accommodation, business travel and conference and event management agencies, today announced a strategic alliance with Taxibank, a unique national taxi booking service. The alliance intends to capitalise on Taxibank's consolidated network of over 900 taxi companies (a fleet of more than 65,000 vehicles) to enhance Expotel's service offering.

"This alliance with Taxibank makes Expotel the only hotel reservations and travel management group to offer a nationwide taxi service", says Ian Burnley, Chief Executive Officer of Expotel, "we are looking forward to working with Taxibank to offer additional services to our corporate and government clients across the UK".

"We can see significant opportunities from working together to provide a more complete range of services to both corporate and government clients. Taxibank can certainly complement the services offered by Expotel to its customers by offering the most reliable national taxi booking service available on the market today," said Simon Hirst, Managing Director, Taxibank.

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For further information please contact:
Sharon Smith Expotel Press Office 020 7604 2765 ssmith@expotel.com M: 07771 833 856

Adriane Gillies, Taxibank Press office: 01752 602501/07971 817 488 adriane.gillies@taxibankuk.com

Note to editors: About Taxibank

Established in 2001, Taxibank has grown exponentially year-on-year and is now the leading national taxi booking service for organisations such as RAC, Nokia, Royal Bank of Scotland, HM Revenue and Customs, AA and The First Group. Taxibank offers true national coverage and helps to unravel the complexities of corporate taxi travel by providing visibility and accountability leading to increased control for the corporate entity.